English

Noun

humdinger ‎(plural humdingers)

1. Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.

   Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger.

   • 1961 (republished 2010), Joseph Heller, Catch-22, London: Vintage Books, ISBN 978-0-09-955218-5, page 22:

     [']I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.' 'Superman?' Clevinger cried. 'Superman?' 'Supraman,' Yossarian corrected.